Gestational Diabetes
Research data from C. Phaloprakarn and colleagues update understanding of gestational diabetes
Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 31st, 2008
In this recent report published in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, researchers in Bangkok, Thailand conducted a study "To evaluate if any single plasma glucose level from the four values of the normal 100-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in early pregnancy (<= 20 weeks of gestation) could predict gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) diagnosed from a second OGTT in late pregnancy (28-32 weeks). Glucose levels of pregnant women at high-risk for GDM, who had had a normal early OGTT, and who underwent the second test in late pregnancy, were studied."
"Each of the four plasma glucose values of the early OGTT was determined for sensitivity,...
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